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Chilidipper

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I was wondering if any of you do any particular stretches to gain more flexibility. I usually take one arm across the body to make sure to stretch out the shoulders. It does seem to free up some range of motion. Any other ideas or stretches?
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Stretching is something I've really tried to work on this off season. I was really disciplined about it until my daughter was born in December. Now I'm trying to get back into it. Below is the golf stretch guru. He's got some stretching tests on there.

http://www.fredericksgolf.com/

Here's some of the things I do.
- Simple standing toe touch.
- Right foot behind me and then walk down a chair. (One of the tests on the website) Switch legs.
- Lay flat on back and use strap on foot to raise it as high as possible.
- Sitting on ground, left leg over knee and turn opposite direction.
- Flat on back. Slowly keep hands on ground and work towards head.

Kevin

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I was wondering if any of you do any particular stretches to gain more flexibility. I usually take one arm across the body to make sure to stretch out the shoulders. It does seem to free up some range of motion. Any other ideas or stretches?

What part of your body are you trying to gain flexibility in?

If you're looking for the shoulders, I suggest taking a club - experiment to see which club feels the best for you on this, I use a 3-iron - and hold it by the head and put your other hand perpendicular to the grip, with the grip in your palm. Push up with the club-head to really stretch the opposite shoulder. Repeat with the opposite hands. There's a frequently recommended yoga video on this board, but I forget what it is. Yoga is great for flexibility. The problem is that if you do it enough and stop for so much as a week, you'll feel weaker. There's also mytpi.com , which I use regularly.

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